• The possible involvement of the dopaminergic system in the actions of T. catigua extract was substantiated by data showing the potentiation of apomorphine-induced hypothermia and by the prevention of haloperidol-induced catalepsy. (hindawi.com)
  • Catalepsy is a more severe type of posturing where the posturing occurs passively, not on purpose. (psychcentral.com)
  • George Eliot Silas Marner In William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the kindly Friar Laurence (in the course of a botched attempt to help the lovers) provides Juliet with a catalepsy-inducing potion so effective that Romeo tragically imagines his beloved's deathlike trance to be actual death and poisons himself in despair just before she awakens from her stupor-leading her to kill herself with his dagger upon discovering his suicide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ecstasy counteracts catalepsy in rats, an anti-parkinsonian effect? (erowid.org)
  • Unsuggested waxy catalepsy, sometimes accompanied by spontaneous anesthesia, is seen as an indicator of hypnotic trance. (wikipedia.org)
  • Suggested or induced rigid catalepsy, of extended limbs or even the entire body, sometimes tested with heavy weights, has been a staple of stage hypnosis shows and even academic demonstrations of hypnotism since the late 18th century, as proof of extraordinary physical abilities possible in trance states. (wikipedia.org)
  • Arm catalepsy is a state of deep relaxation where your arm becomes completely rigid and unmoving, as if it were made of stone. (ehypnosisdownloads.com)
  • Catalepsy is an abnormal nervous condition in which the face, limbs, and body lose their voluntary motion and become rigid for what may be several hours. (funtrivia.com)
  • Catalepsy is a symptom of certain nervous disorders or conditions such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Catalepsy (from Ancient Greek katálēpsis, κατάληψις, "seizing, grasping") is a nervous condition characterized by muscular rigidity and fixity of posture regardless of external stimuli, as well as decreased sensitivity to pain. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Count of Monte Cristo, the Abbé Faria has fits of catalepsy from time to time, before eventually dying from one. (wikipedia.org)
  • The number of animals displaying catalepsy (50%) and mean total catalepsy time (11,92 ± 4,12 minutes) were lower in sleep deprived animals than in controls (91.7% and 26.67 ± 5.86 min respectively), results being statistically significant at the limit level (p=0,05). (bvsalud.org)
  • Armand D'Angour suggests that reports (such as that recounted in Plato's Symposium) of Socrates, in about 429 BC, standing perfectly still for hours on end during the Athenian campaign against Potidaea while seemingly deep in thought, are 'too extreme to be considered wholly a matter of rational choice,' and that 'it is reasonable to suppose that it was the symptom of an underlying physiological or psychological condition', such as catalepsy. (wikipedia.org)
  • By simply listening to our soothing audio, you will effortlessly enter a state of deep relaxation, paving the way for arm catalepsy to take over. (ehypnosisdownloads.com)
  • Catalepsis: a suspended state of trance-like immobility. (frameworkradio.net)
  • In the arts, catalepsy is often used for dramatic effect, sometimes as a plot device. (wikipedia.org)
  • The present study evaluated the effect of REM-sleep deprivation on the catalepsy induced by lactate administration plus forced muscular activity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Welcome to the enchanting world of arm catalepsy, where your mind and body intertwine to create an experience like no other. (ehypnosisdownloads.com)
  • It is concluded that in long lasting dangerous situations, catalepsy may be triggered after normal wakefulness coping possibilities are exhausted, and sleep being manifested only when the risk situation is over. (bvsalud.org)
  • During this hypnosis session, arm catalepsy will become your doorway to a world of endless possibilities. (ehypnosisdownloads.com)
  • By listening to our hypnosis download on a regular basis, you will gradually unleash the full potential of arm catalepsy within you. (ehypnosisdownloads.com)
  • In the cannabinoid tetrad pharmacological test, Δ 9 -THCP induced hypomotility, analgesia, catalepsy and decreased rectal temperature indicating a THC-like cannabimimetic activity. (nature.com)
  • Unsuggested waxy catalepsy, sometimes accompanied by spontaneous anesthesia, is seen as an indicator of hypnotic trance. (wikipedia.org)
  • Suggested or induced rigid catalepsy, of extended limbs or even the entire body, sometimes tested with heavy weights, has been a staple of stage hypnosis shows and even academic demonstrations of hypnotism since the late 18th century, as proof of extraordinary physical abilities possible in trance states. (wikipedia.org)
  • George Eliot Silas Marner In William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the kindly Friar Laurence (in the course of a botched attempt to help the lovers) provides Juliet with a catalepsy-inducing potion so effective that Romeo tragically imagines his beloved's deathlike trance to be actual death and poisons himself in despair just before she awakens from her stupor-leading her to kill herself with his dagger upon discovering his suicide. (wikipedia.org)
  • Behavioral effects of classic antidepressants, fluoxetine and imipramine, and new psychotropic benzopentathiepin TC-2153 (20 mg/kg, per os) were studied on mice differing in the predisposition to catalepsy-noncataleptic AKR strain and cataleptic strains CBA and AKR.CBA-D13Mit76 (D13). (nih.gov)
  • Mice of D13 strain was created by transferring the CBA-allele of major locus of catalepsy to AKR genome. (nih.gov)
  • Spatial learning in the Morris water maze in mice genetically different in the predisposition to catalepsy: the effect of intraventricular treatment with brain-derived neurotrophic factor. (nih.gov)
  • Eight halogenated derivatives of cannabinol (CBN) substituted on the aromatic ring at the 2 and/or 4 position were synthesized and their pharmacological effects were evaluated by intracerebroventricular injection (50 micrograms/mouse) in mice, using hypothermia, pentobarbital-induced sleep prolongation, catalepsy and anticonvulsant effect as indices. (nih.gov)
  • The effects of AZE in apomorphine-induced cage climbing test, extract-induced catalepsy, and haloperidol-induced catalepsy on mice were also investigated. (hindawi.com)
  • AZE, while failing to produce any cataleptic event in naïve mice, significantly enhanced haloperidol-induced catalepsy at a dose of 1000 mg/kg. (hindawi.com)
  • 7. Involvement of 5-hydroxytryptamine1A receptors in Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol-induced catalepsy-like immobilization in mice. (nih.gov)
  • 17. Cannabidiol attenuates catalepsy induced by distinct pharmacological mechanisms via 5-HT1A receptor activation in mice. (nih.gov)
  • Erowid.org: Erowid Reference 6165 : Ecstasy counteracts catalepsy in rats, an anti-parkinsonian effect? (erowid.org)
  • Raphael is prone to sometimes long bouts of catalepsy, in which he enters essentially a catatonic state. (buber.net)